The Millonarios Gazette
Squad5 Jul 2027
The knee: Iván Díaz out for 20 days
20 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Millonarios lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings5 Jul 2027
A brace, and Rodrigo Contreras takes the afternoon — 8.80
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Rodrigo Contreras provided it, and the 8.80 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market5 Jul 2027
Alex Moreno Paz says no to Real Santander
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Alex Moreno Paz had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market5 Jul 2027
Nicolás Hernández arrives at Millonarios in a $3.8M statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Millonarios have paid $3.8M for Nicolás Hernández, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Millonarios make their move for Juan Diego Ceballos
$1.3M on the table at Leones. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market5 Jul 2027
Once Caldas come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Millonarios did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Thomás Amilivia gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Thomás Amilivia has just signed for Millonarios, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Anderson Angulo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Anderson Angulo and Millonarios agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market5 Jul 2027
Millonarios plan ahead with Thomás Amilivia from Leones
The most awkward business a club does is signing tomorrow's answer while today's is still in the building. Thomás Amilivia comes from Leones for exactly that purpose, and the handover will not be discussed publicly by anybody.
In brief
- The terraces $3.8M for Nicolás Hernández, and Millonarios supporters approve
- Match Millonarios find a way past Independiente Medellin
- Squad A row about effort at Millonarios